- c. 1000 BCENorth America
- Pre-colonial eraAsia
Society of the liurai
Timor is organized into numerous small kingdoms ruled by hereditary chiefs, the liurai, whose authority rests on kinship, ritual, and the sacred houses central to Timorese culture.
Era: The Liurai and the Sandalwood Trade
Sources: East Timor · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Indonesia: A Country Study (Federal Research Division) · Library of Congress
- c. 1000–500 BCEAsia
Sogdiana settled and under Achaemenid rule
The Zeravshan valley of Sogdiana, centred on Maracanda (Samarkand), is settled and passes under the Achaemenid Persian Empire; Bukhara grows as a Silk Road trade and crafts centre.
Era: Sogdiana, Bactria and the Silk Road
Sources: Sogdiana — Central Asia, Silk Road, Persian Empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Samarkand — Uzbekistan, Map, History & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- c. 10th century BCEAfrica
Rise of the kingdom of D'mt
The kingdom of D'mt emerges in the northern highlands, the region's first organised state, blending indigenous and South Arabian cultural elements with its centre near Yeha.
Era: Cradle of Humankind and the Kingdom of D'mt
Sources: Kingdom of Aksum · World History Encyclopedia, Ethiopia's Enduring Cultural Heritage · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Formation in the 10th century BCE
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 10th century BCE — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1000 BCE to 980 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 4
- Earliest
- 1000 BCE
- Latest
- 980 BCE
- Asia
- 2
- Africa
- 1
- North America
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.